A man who claimed to have worked as a personal assistant to actors Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller was convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls over more than a decade. Anthony Philip Bruccoliere was found guilty of 18 felony sexual assault charges involving the two victims between 2008 and 2019 by a jury at the Orange County Superior Court. The court also found true sentencing enhancements for multiple victims, which could increase his potential punishment. Bruccoliere, who could face a sentence of up to 180 years to life, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 8. Prosecutors described a long-term campaign of abuse that began when the girls were children. Bruccoliere, who babysat the pair, molested them after swimming sessions under the pretense of "playing house," and later invited them to sleepovers at his home in Costa Mesa. During these sessions, he forced the girls to rehearse fake stories for their parents about watching the movie Beetlejuice while he subjected them to years of sexual abuse. One victim testified that Bruccoliere used his weight to overpower the girls when they tried to resist. She said Bruccoliere claimed he was teaching them to "French kiss" for future boyfriends. When she was 12, she testified, Bruccoliere penetrated her, leaving her bleeding. "He said, 'Oh, sorry,'" the victim recalled during her testimony. Bruccoliere was ultimately caught by a covert police sting after the victims, then teenagers, confronted him in a wiretapped phone call. Jurors heard the recording in which Bruccoliere laughed when told the girls were in therapy, denied the penetration, and attempted to blame the children for the abuse. "I was just doing whatever you guys wanted to do," Bruccoliere claimed on the recording, adding, "I never instigated anything." Police arrested Bruccoliere less than an hour after the call ended. Defense attorney Mark Fredrick argued that while his client implicated himself on the recorded call, prosecutors failed to prove the level of force or duress required for the most serious charges, pointing to conflicting statements. "Kids can't consent," Fredrick conceded in court, but argued Bruccoliere vigorously denied using force or penetrating the girls. Deputy District Attorney Thomas Farnell criticized Bruccoliere's attempts to shift blame onto young children who did not understand what was happening to them. "Bruccoliere knew he was living out his sick fantasy," Farnell told the jury. Bruccoliere, a guitarist and music instructor, claimed on his LinkedIn profile that he served as a personal assistant to Sheen and Mueller from 2009 to 2013, and later worked as a property manager for the Netflix series Cobra Kai in 2019.